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# astonish

verb (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)

«astonish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To surprise someone so much that they cannot quite believe it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonish/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a clever answer or a wonder that makes the listeners gasp

### Examples

- Your wise answers astonish me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonish/#x1)
- The magic astonished the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonish/#x2)
- You astonish me, Madam! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «astonish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astonish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«astonish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/astonish.html) on Mova free.